The forest of Lothlórien in Spring, by Tolkienīy the Second Age, Sindarin Elves had enriched its population, and they were ruled by a Sindarin king, Amdír. The land in which they dwelt (the forest east of the Hithaeglir, above Fangorn and below Mirkwood) became known in the Silvan tongue as Lórinand, or Laurelindórenan. Later, however, as the power of the Longbeards of Moria grew, they relocated to the lands around the Nimrodel. Lórien was probably one of their scattered settlements in the area. The first inhabitants of the forested area later known as Lórien were a group of Nandor that refused to cross the Hithaeglir. The only way that Lothlórien could have been conquered by the armies of Mordor is if Sauron had come there himself. Galadriel's magic, later revealed as the power of her ring Nenya, enriched the land and made it a magic forest into which evil could not enter without difficulty. It was located on the River Celebrant, southeast of Khazad-dûm, and was the only place in Middle-earth where the golden Mallorn trees grew. It was first settled by Nandorin Elves, but they were later joined by a small number of Ñoldor and Sindar under Celeborn of Doriath and Galadriel, daughter of Finarfin. Lothlórien, also known as Lórien, was a forest and Elven realm near the lower Misty Mountains. Not till the spring and the new green opens do they fall, and then the boughs are laden with yellow flowers and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is the roof, and its pillars are of silver, for the bark of the trees is smooth and grey." - Legolas For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. There are no trees like the trees of that land. YT 1115 - early Fourth Age " That is the fairest of all the dwellings of my people. However, these stakes are lessened when the timeline is compressed.C. Most elves in these relationships end up giving up their immortality for love and dying in Middle-earth. The central conflict of these relationships is that elves are immortal and humans are, well, human and thus mortal. Mithrellas and Imrazôr are also mentioned briefly in the Unfinished Tales. Tuor and Idril were another First Age relationship human/elf, and Aragorn and Arwen provide a parallel relationship in the Third Age. Humans and elves falling in love is hardly new to Tolkien - the man had the names Beren and Luthien inscribed on he and his wife’s graves respectively - but they’re not common either. There’s one other major problem with compressing the timeline in the Rings of Power, and that’s the human/elf forbidden love story between Arondir and Bronwyn.
This would be pretty revolutionary (I’m not talking about shocking and gruesome Game of Thrones deaths, this is just men inevitably succumbing to Father Time), but could set the series apart from other fantasy shows and embrace the sheer scale of Tolkien’s ideas.
The elves would be the one constant throughout the show, and we’d have to come to terms with the fact that the humans we grow to love would die every season - maybe even off-screen as hundreds of years pass. New Galadriel Photos Give Us An Insight Into The Plot Of The Lord Of The Rings The Rings Of Power Galadriel is set to be the main character of the series, and while I’m a little disappointed it won’t be entirely about her hair, her iconic monologues from the Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens trilogy could open each season of the Rings of Power and set the scene as we enter a new era. We already have the perfect way to blend several generations and to show time passing: the elves.
Next: The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Has People Of Colour, Get Over It The Fall of Númenor is not something that happens overnight, the hubris across generations of kings contributes to the nation’s downfall. The events of the Second Age take place over thousands of years, and that length of time is important, especially when talking about the fates of men, who live for a fraction of the time that elves do. However, one key part of the recent Rings of Power media blitz has me a little worried: the time compression. As long as they stick to their promise of not contradicting existing stories that Tolkien wrote, I’ll be happy. If you don’t want to see people filling in those gaps then that’s your prerogative, but I’m excited to see where showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Many of them are less changes per se, and more filling in the gaps between Tolkien’s sparse sentences on the period.
The Rings Of Power's Elves Will Have A Serious Age ProblemĪmazon is making a lot of changes to Tolkien’s writing for the forthcoming Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV show.